OBITUARIES, UNITED STATES. 



Mr. ' nt he became perfectly 



! snSmisMv,-. .-mil \va-; brought by 



\lr. K. was employed 



' and report oa 

 \-uiy. 



I;, v. S.vMi-Kr. DAVIES, D. 



Methodist clergyman, died at 



i years. Ho was the 



.plumes, among which was 



iageddon." 



:n, Dr. DAITCEL, a distin- 



i and medical professor in Rush 



. died in that city of 



lie had long occupied a prominent 



ii in his profession, and was especially 



on. He had recently returned 



nee in Europe. 



l:! IIIIME, Colonel 0. J., formerly State 



u- Jersey, died at Trenton. He 



it ono time State Senator from Warren 



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Oct. 14. CLARK, Captain Jonx, an editor 

 and officer of volunteers, died at Chicago, aged 

 40 years. Ho commenced his career as an ap- 

 prentice in a printing establishment, and soon 

 ring the art, became a reporter for the 

 !'..>-ton~ Courier," until 1856, when it was 

 published under his supervision. Upon the 

 outbreak of the war ho resigned, and in Sep- 

 ^11, was appointed commissary of 

 in the U. 8. Vols., with the rank of 

 captain ; served through the winter at Hath-ras, 

 and subsequently was attached to General But- 

 In New Orleans he published the 

 "Delta," and at Norfolk the "New Kdgime" 

 and " Post." 



Oct. 16. COOK, lion. CITABLES, a prominent 



and philanthropic citizen of Havana, N. Y. ; died 



.')urn, aged 65 years. He served as Canal 



Commissioner from 1847 to 1851, and was State 



>r from 1862 to 1864, in both of which 



- ho was eminently faithful and useful. 



as an active and influential politician of 



iiig and Republican school, and was ever 



true to the principles of freedom and justice. 



;>crintending his extensive business, 



he edited a weekly journal. 



Oct. 1 7. FOWLEK, , ex-Mayor of Marys- 



ville, ('alitnrnin, died in that city. He was a 

 native of Windham County, Conn., and went 

 i torn ia in 1 *.">'>. Ho served in the As- 

 sembly, and was elected mayor three times, 

 and was also justice of^the pence. 



Oct. 19. BARROW, G'en. WASHIXOTOX, former 

 minister resident at Lisbon, died in St. Louis, 

 "i9 years. He was a native of Tennessee, 

 was educated as a lawyer, and had tilled many 

 important positions. For some years he was 

 editor of the Nashvillo *' Republican Banner," 

 which ho conducted in a vigorous style, And 

 was classed among the leaders of the old Whig 

 party. In 1841 he was appointed minister to 

 Lisbon, and from 1847 to 184 9 was a Rep:- 

 ativo in Congress from Tennessee. In 1861 

 he was elected State Senator, and subsequently 

 was appointed one of the commissioners to 



form an alliance with the authorities 

 ( 'on federate Government. After the fall of Fort 

 DoiicNon, and the occupation of Nashville by 

 ! ederal authorities, General Barrow was 

 arrested and confined in prison, but finally was 

 permitted to go South, where he remained until 

 the rebel surrender, when ho returned home 

 with enfeebled health, from which he never 

 fully recovered. 



Oct. 20. TRAVIS, Rev. ROBERT, an Episcopal 

 clergyman of Jersey City, died there of con- 

 sumption. Ho was an able polemic, and a 

 preacher of great eloquence, lie was for some 

 years assistant minister of St. Andrew's Church 

 and Trinity Chapel, New York. 



Oct. 22. BARRY, Col. STANDISIT, Assistant 

 United States Treasurer, died at Newport, 

 N. Y., aged 70 years. 



Oct. 22. BEECHEK, Rev. JOIIJT SYDNEY, an 

 American Baptist missionary to the Karens of 

 Bassein, Burtnah, died in Plymouth, England, 

 aged 46 years. He was a native of Hinesbnrg, 

 Vt. ; was educated for the ministry, and offer- 

 ing his services to the Baptist Missionary Union, 

 received an appointment to Burmah, and sailed 

 for Arracan, in July, 1846. After iiboring 

 successfully for a period of ten years, he with- 

 drew from his connection with the union, some 

 misunderstanding concerning a change of loca- 

 tion having occurred between himself and the 

 executive committee ; and subsequently offered 

 his services to the Free Mission Society, was 

 accepted, and since that period has devoted his 

 whole energies to the work of educating and 

 preparing young men for the ministry. His 

 health failing, he left for this country, but died 

 in England, en route for home. 



Oct. 28. ANSORGE, Prof. CHARLES, an ac- 

 complished teacher of music, and editor of the 

 " Massachusetts Teacher," died in Chicago, 111., 

 aged 49 years. Ho was a native of Spiller, a 

 town in the province of Silesia, was thoroughly 

 educated in the science of music, and graduated 

 with high honor in the Collegiate Institution 

 at Breslau. Subsequently he spent some years 

 in teaching and editing a public journal. In 

 common with many of the literary men of Prus- 

 sia, he entertained, and, as a true patriot, 

 boldly defended political views which, as they 

 favored the liberties of the people, proved offen- 

 sive to the Government. In consequence of 

 having written certain articles in support of his 

 liberal sentiments, he was summoned before the 

 courts, was tried, and sentenced to three years' 

 imprisonment, and loss of citizenship. During 

 the three days allowed between the announce- 

 ment of the sentence and the beginning of its 

 execution, Mr. Ansorere, bidding farewell to fa- 

 therland, October 13, 1849, speedily made his 

 way to England. His wife having there joined 

 him, they sailed for America. Making his home 

 in Boston, ho accepted a situation as organi.-t 

 and chorister in a church at Dorchester, which 

 he retained for thirteen years, and was four 

 years teacher of music in the Asylum for the 

 Blind at South Boston. While devotedly at- 



